Using a Gateway / Router as a Switch

James Knott james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Mon Jan 31 16:34:29 UTC 2005


Ralph Markham wrote:
> I have added another ethernet card to my primary Linux server, so I have 
> one for DMZ and one for the Local network.  The problem is that I don't 
> have a free port on my DLink gateway / router.   What I want to do, is 
> use my old Linksys 4 port gateway / router as a switch off of the DLink.
> 
> I have set the linksys up with a static IP address, netmask of 
> 255.255.255.252, and in router mode.  This is not working.
> 
> Has anyone done anything similar and / or know how to make this work?  
> Everything I know says it should be possible.

If you're only using it as a switch, diable dhcp (unless you need a dchp 
  server) and use only the 4 switch ports.  Do not use the WAN side.


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